Mark Smith was born October 24, 1977 in Edmonton, Alberta. The ninth round, 219th overall selection of the San Jose Sharks in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Smith is a graduate of the WHL's Lethbridge Hurricanes.

A hard-working center, Smith played fours seasons in Lethbridge finishing his junior career with 75 goals and 142 assists for 217 points in 252 career games before making his professional debut with the Sharks AHL affiliate in Kentucky in 1997-98 AHL playoffs. The Edmonton, Alberta native played parts of four seasons with Kentucky before making his NHL debut with the Sharks during the 2000-01 season.

After seasons of 42 and 49 games, Smith saw action in 75 games during the 2002-03 season, registering 15 points (4-11-15) before spending the majority of the 2003-04 season as a healthy reserve.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1993-94

Nipawin Hawks

SJHL

62

14

12

26

44

1994-95

Lethbridge Hurricanes

WHL

49

3

4

7

25

1995-96

Lethbridge Hurricanes

WHL

71

11

24

35

59

4

2

0

2

2

1996-97

Lethbridge Hurricanes

WHL

62

19

38

57

125

19

7

13

20

51

1997-98

Lethbridge Hurricanes

WHL

70

42

67

109

206

3

0

2

2

18

1997-98

Kentucky Thoroughblades

AHL

2

0

0

0

0

1998-99

Kentucky Thoroughblades

AHL

78

18

21

39

101

+8

12

2

7

9

16

1999-00

Kentucky Thoroughblades

AHL

79

21

45

66

153

+14

9

0

5

5

22

2000-01

San Jose Sharks

NHL

42

2

2

4

51

+2

2000-01

Kentucky Thoroughblades

AHL

6

2

6

8

23

+3

2001-02

San Jose Sharks

NHL

49

3

3

6

72

-1

2002-03

San Jose Sharks

NHL

75

4

11

15

64

+1

2003-04

San Jose Sharks

NHL

36

1

3

4

72

-5

10

1

0

1

11

2004-05

Victoria Salmon Kings

ECHL

20

6

9

15

41

-13

2005-06

San Jose Sharks

NHL

80

9

15

24

97

+3

11

3

0

3

6

2006-07

San Jose Sharks

NHL

41

3

10

13

42

-4

3

0

0

0

4

2007-08

Calgary Flames

NHL

54

1

3

4

59

-6

2008-09

NHL Totals

377

23

47

70

457

24

4

0

4

21

WHL East Second All-Star Team (1998)

Missed majority of 2003-04 as a healthy reserve. Signed as a free agent by Victoria (ECHL), January 21, 2005. Signed as a free agent by Calgary, September 29, 2007. Missed entire 2008-09 due to concussion.